House Bill Aims To Dismantle PCORI, HIT Program
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Repeal of provisions for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is proposed by Republican House Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter.
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